lawyer definition

lawyer means, in the Province of Quebec, an advocate or a notary and, in any other province, a barrister or solicitor;
lawyer means a member of the Society and includes a law student registered in the Society’s pre-call training program;
lawyer means a member of the State Bar of California or a person who is admitted in good standing of and eligible to practice before the bar of any United States court or the highest court of the District of Columbia or any state, territory, or insular possession of the United States, or is licensed to practice law in, or is admitted in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of the highest court of, a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof.

Examples of lawyer in a sentence

  • This opinion letter and the opinions it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legal Opinion Principles issued by the Committee on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section as published in 53 Business Lawyer 831 (May 1998).

  • This opinion letter and the opinions it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).

  • This opinion shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legal Opinion Principles issued by the Committee on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section as published in 53 Business Lawyer 831 (May 1998).

  • This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legal Opinion Principles issued by the Committee on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section as published in 53 Business Lawyer 831 (May 1998).

  • This opinion letter and the opinions it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legal Opinion Principles issued by the Committee on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section as published in 53 Business Lawyer 831 (May 1998).


More Definitions of lawyer

lawyer means a member of a governing body;
lawyer means a certificated practitioner within the meaning of the Legal Practice Act 2003;
lawyer means an advocate and solicitor, and includes an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of an advocate and solicitor;
lawyer means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the client to be authorized, to practice law in any state or nation.
lawyer means a person licensed as a lawyer and eligible to practice law in any United States jurisdiction.
lawyer means a person who is admitted and entitled to practise as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court.
lawyer means a person authorized under the Law Society Act to practise law in Ontario; (“avocat”)